Workato vs Microsoft Power Automate vs Make

Compared on	Workato Contact sales VisitRemove	Microsoft Power Automate Free trial · from $15/user/mo VisitRemove	Make Free plan · from $9/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Enterprise platform for integrations, workflow automation, APIs and AI agents	Microsoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process mining	Visual no-code tool for building automated workflows and AI agents across apps
Free plan	No	No	1,000 credits per month; 2 active scenarios; 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs
Cheapest paid plan	Not publishedWorkato pricing	$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing	$9/mo billed annually (Core)Make pricing
What it covers	Not stated	Paid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).	For 10,000 credits/month; price rises with credit volume.
Free trial	None stated	30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors	None stated
Platforms	Web, API	Web, Windows	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	1,200+ pre-built connectors	1,400+ connectors	3,000+ apps
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Syncing customer and order data between CRM, ERP and finance systems Automating multi-step processes that span several business applications Giving AI agents governed access to company systems	Routing approval requests and documents in SharePoint and Teams Copying data from invoices or legacy desktop apps into Excel or an ERP system Automating repetitive data entry on a Windows PC	Syncing new e-commerce orders into accounting tools and spreadsheets Routing incoming leads to different teams based on form answers Scheduling recurring reports that pull data from several apps
Watch out for	No published prices, free plan or self-serve sign-up on the pricing page; pricing is by quote The API platform and data integration start at the Business MCP edition; Agent Studio is in Workato ONE Each edition includes a fixed number of on-premise agents (OPAs) and concurrency	The free trial covers only UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors Unattended desktop automation needs the per-bot Process or Hosted Process plan Power Automate for desktop runs only on Windows (not on ARM processors); Windows Home editions cannot trigger desktop flows from the cloud	Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios and a 15-minute minimum interval between runs Each module action uses a credit, so multi-step scenarios use credits faster Team roles and shared scenario templates require the Teams plan or higher
Made by	Workato	Microsoft Corporation	Make (part of Celonis)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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